Players Championship: Adam Hadwin hurled his club into the water in disgust. His wife saw the funny side

Golfer Adam Hadwin had built a superb reputation for staying dry at The Players Championship. On Thursday, the water took its long-awaited revenge by claiming two of his balls – and even a club.

Golfer Adam Hadwin had built a superb reputation for staying dry at The Players Championship. On Thursday, the water took its long-awaited revenge by claiming two of his balls – and even a club. Across more than four decades, hundreds of the PGA Tour’s finest players have watched in horror as their tee shot splashed into the lake at TPC Sawgrass’ iconic par-three 17th hole. Yet on all of his 28 previous visits to the penultimate tee at the ‘fifth major’, Canada’s Hadwin had safely found the island green. The 36-year-old had arrived at the fabled hole with momentum too, thanks to a birdie at the 16th, only for his subsequent under-hit tee shot to plop into the lake short of the green. The end to his flawless run was compounded when Hadwin’s 14-foot putt agonizingly trickled an inch wide of the cup, leaving the exasperated world No. 46 to tap in for a double-bogey. Frustration would turn to fury mere moments later, when Hadwin – having narrowly avoided sending his tee shot into the water running along the left of the fairway – saw his subsequent approach take an awkward bounce before speeding over the 18th green and into the drink.